Marianne Lewis has a fine art background and became interested in narrative storytelling after working with Israeli storyteller Ariella Eshed. Scots born, she’s inspired by traditional gypsy stories, has been published in the Evening Standard and performs regularly in London and the Southeast. The theme for this performance will be ‘transformation.’Beata Duncan (1921 – 2015) left Berlin for England in 1934. Her family will be reading from her posthumously published book, Berlin Blues, a fascinating account in poetry of her childhood in Berlin. And we welcome back Liz Simcock, a wonderful singer songwriter who helped to found Fourth Friday and has performed for us many times.

Bernard Hoskin is a widely experienced singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist – offering original songs, traditional folk and more. He plays 6-string and 12-string guitar and mandola. He lives in Cambridge.

Mike-Bartholomew- Biggs has three full collections and four chapbooks. He is poetry editor of the on-line magazine London Grip and co-organises the North London reading series Poetry in the Crypt. The Man Who Wasn’t Ever Here, his latest pamphlet, is published by Wayleave Press.

Carole Coates has collections with Shoestring Press & Wayleave Press. She has been widely published in the literary press and has also published critical writings. An experienced performer, offering a lively selection of her work, she is a member of the performance group Sixfold. Originally a Londoner, she now lives in Lancaster

Balabustah! are violinist Bernard and accordionist Chris who play Klezmar, East European and classical music.

Ruth O’Callaghan has a number of poetry collections published by Shoestring Press. She runs Lumen Poetry. Angelena Demaria & Gillian Henchley are Lumen readers. Gillian won Camden/Lumen competition in 2015, judged by George Szirtes. Her first collection, Grazes on the Skin, was published by Indigo Dreams in 2016

This is Fourth Friday’s final event of the year. Our next event will be 26th January 2018